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http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-donald-trump-thin-skinned-2015-7'My god, stop being so thin-skinned!': Joe Scarborough just had an incredible Donald Trump interviewhttp://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-donald-trump-thin-skinned-2015-7
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:35:42 -0400Colin Campbell
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/55b227492acae7f4028b999d-1909-954/screen%20shot%202015-07-24%20at%207.52.24%20am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2015 07 24 at 7.52.24 AM" data-mce-source="MSNBC/screengrab" data-mce-caption="Joe Scarborough, left, and Mika Brzezinski interview Donald Trump"></p><p>MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough was repeatedly left flabbergasted during an interview Friday morning with real-estate developer Donald Trump.</p>
<p>The interview started to go off the rails at the very start when the Republican presidential candidate noted to Scarborough and cohost Mika Brzezinski that he wasn't mentioned earlier in the show.</p>
<p>"You know we all love you and Mika, but I was listening to you talk about Bush and Rubio and a couple of others," Trump told Scarborough of fellow presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, "and you sort of forgot to mention my name even though I'm creaming them all in the polls."</p>
<p>But the "Morning Joe" anchor loudly insisted that he had been giving Trump plenty of coverage.</p>
<p>"Donald, what are you talking about? What are you talking about! We've been talking about you for a week!" he said. "What are you talking about Donald? How thin is your skin? I've been talking about you for a week!"</p>
<p>A back-and-forth ensued.</p>
<p>"Donald, you aren't really that thin-skinned, are you?" Scarborough said. "We have been talking about you so much. This is hilarious. You are incredibly thin-skinned, my friend."</p>
<p>After Trump panned what he described as inaccurate coverage of his <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-telemundo-reporter-video-border-2015-7">Thursday campaign stop</a> in Laredo, Texas, by MSNBC political correspondent Kasie Hunt, Scarborough again questioned the real-estate magnate's judgment.</p>
<p>"Oh come on, Kasie's great," he said. "I think sometimes you are actually on TV what Mika says I am in private: Somebody that can listen to somebody say 95% things that are nice about me and I seize on the 5% [that's negative] and obsess on it forever. I suggest you're doing that."</p>
<p>But the interview didn't slow down there. At another point, when Scarborough noted that many people supported Trump's immigration agenda, Trump interjected to note that people supported him for other reasons as well.</p>
<p>"I know, Donald! My god, stop being so thin-skinned!" Scarborough said with a laugh. "I love it."</p>
<p>Trump was clearly left unfazed, though. He later jokingly poked Scarborough again for not mentioning him at the start of the show.</p>
<p>"Oh my lord," Brzezinski said.</p>
<p>"Oh my lord! Oh my lord!" Scarborough added.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Scarborough <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-donald-trump-problem-2015-7">mused at length at Trump's role in the presidential race</a>. Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, wrote that there was "at least a small chance that Mr. Trump will stop making unforced errors soon."</p>
<p>"And if that happens," he added, "there is no telling where this crazy race goes next."</p>
<p>Watch the Friday "Morning Joe" segment below:</p>
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Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:02:25 -0400Colin Campbell
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/55ae97db371d2210008b845a-1425-1069/screen shot 2015-07-21 at 3.03.52 pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2015 07 21 at 3.03.52 PM" data-mce-source="MSNBC" data-mce-caption="Joe Scarborough interviews Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) about Donald Trump." /></p><p>MSNBC host Joe Scarborough <a href="http://politicalwire.com/2015/07/21/trump-has-the-gop-establishment-in-a-bind/">wrote a lengthy Facebook post</a> on Tuesday about real-estate magnate Donald Trump and whether the Republican establishment should challenge his controversial presidential campaign.</p>
<p>"Trump will always be Trump, and there is no need for anyone in the Republican establishment to think otherwise. The best they can do is ride this wave of dissatisfaction and learn a lesson or two from it," Scarborough <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-Scarborough/144128236879?fref=nf">wrote</a>.</p>
<p>Scarborough, a former Republican congressman and the current host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," wrote that if front-running GOP candidates truly fear that Trump will harm their party, they should take it upon themselves to bring him down.</p>
<p>"But anyone looking for salvation from party leaders or major money players are looking in the wrong place. The burden of dethroning the Donald falls on GOP politicians like Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and others who have politely played by the old rules of an outdated political system that is no longer relevant to most Americans," he wrote. "The longer Trump's opponents play it safe, the longer Trump will continue his political ascent."</p>
<p>Scarborough added, "If anyone in the field plans on showing the type of courage that doesn't spill out of a focus group or benchmark poll, the DC Establishment had better hope they find it soon."</p>
<p>Trump has been generating reams of national headlines since he launched his campaign last month while <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-wild-week-2015-7">blasting Mexico</a> for supposedly sending its "rapists" and other criminals across the US border. The outspoken businessman drew new controversy over the weekend when he <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mccain-donald-trump-war-hero-2015-7">briefly questioned</a> Sen. John McCain's (R-Arizona) military record. He <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-lindsey-graham-phone-number-2015-7">raised still more eyebrows </a>on Tuesday when he gave out the personal cell-phone number of another candidate, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), at a campaign rally.</p>
<p>In his Facebook post, Scarborough mused that "there is at least a small chance that Mr. Trump will stop making unforced errors soon. And if that happens, there is no telling where this crazy race goes next."</p>
<p>The MSNBC host compared the entire situation <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_(Rodgers_and_Hammerstein_song)">to the song "Maria"</a> in the 1959 musical "The Sound of Music," where he said "a group of worried nuns run around their convent asking 'how you solve a problem like Maria?'"</p>
<p>"When it comes to Donald Trump," Scarborough said, "the short answer is you don't."</p>
<h3><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-Scarborough/144128236879?fref=nf">Click here to read his full Facebook post.</a></h3><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mccain-donald-trump-war-hero-2015-7" >John McCain responds to Donald Trump: 'I'm not a hero'</a></strong></p>
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Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:17:06 -0400Colin Campbell
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/55a9074e2acae7a6098b7645-1436-1077/screen%20shot%202015-07-17%20at%208.16.39%20am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2015 07 17 at 8.16.39 AM" data-mce-source="MSNBC">Real-estate developer Donald Trump was ready to trash MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell on Friday's "Morning Joe."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The two had been exchanging public barbs over Trump's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-nbc-apprentice-payment-disclosure-2015-7">claim this week</a> that NBC paid him a staggering $213 million for 14 seasons of "The Apprentice."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">O'Donnell accused the Republican presidential candidate of inflating that total, and Trump responded by <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/621768615520440321">calling him "dopey" and a "fool"</a> who had an "unwatchable show." Trump further <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-bets-lawrence-odonnell-years-salary-hes-telling-truth-about-paycheck/">bet O'Donnell a year's salary</a> that the $213 million figure was accurate.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">However, before Trump was about to offer more self-described "nasty" things about O'Donnell on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," host Joe Scarborough played a clip of O'Donnell effusively and extensively walking back from the feud Thursday night.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">In the clip, O'Donnell praised Trump's character and noted past incidents, including when O'Donnell was recovering from a serious car crash, during which Trump reached out to him with encouraging words. O'Donnell also apologized for what he called a distraction from more important issues.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">"Where I come from, no one settled their disagreements with bets, because no one of us had any money to bet," he said. "And I might be wrong. I have never said, 'I know exactly how much Donald Trump made from the entire series.' I don't know. I've made semi-educated guesses about it and I don't really care very much about it. I stupidly jumped into talking about it."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Trump appeared a little taken aback. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">"So this morning is really a little strange for me, Joe. No, I was going to go after Lawrence big, big league. And I was going to do the challenge and say lots of nasty things about him. But it's hard to do that now," he said.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">He also joked that he felt "guilty." </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">"Well I'm very disappointed because I was really all set to go after him this morning, and now I feel guilty if I do that. I'd feel very, very guilty," he said. "Joe, you really ruined my morning, to be honest with you."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Watch below:</span></p>
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Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:53:00 -0400Colin Campbell
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/557edf1eecad049733a257cf-600-/ap279802482329-3.jpg" border="0" alt="AP279802482329" width="600"></p><p>The Republican Party's 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, thinks former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a money problem.</p>
<p>Romney said Monday morning that Clinton's personal wealth was set to become a campaign issue as the Democratic front-runner makes her own White House bid in 2016.</p>
<p>"Hillary Clinton is somebody who talks about how much money some people are making and how much less other people are making — but look at how much money she's been making!" Romney said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."</p>
<p>Romney, a former Bain Capital executive, faced withering attacks in 2012 over his personal fortune. Democrats also used his expensive purchases including <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/for-romney-a-four-car-garage-with-its-own-elevator/">a car elevator for his home</a> to paint him as out of touch with the average American. He said Clinton should plan to get the same sort of criticism.</p>
<p>"What was sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander," Romney said. "Which is: I got beaten up on that sort of stuff [so] I think that Hillary Clinton has to expect the same treatment."</p>
<p>Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have also faced scrutiny over their sizable fortune. The two have earned <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-and-bill-clinton-earned-more-than-25-million-for-speeches-since-2014-2015-5">more than $25 million in paid speeches</a> since 2014 alone, and Bill Clinton has reportedly racked up <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/23/first-on-cnn-bill-clintons-106-million-speech-circuit-windfall/">more than $100 million in paid speeches</a> since he left office in 2001.</p>
<p>In fact, Romney argued that Hillary Clinton should be attacked even more than he was on the money issue because of her populist campaign message. Clinton officially kicked off her White House bid over the weekend and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-launched-her-campaign-with-a-big-swipe-at-wall-street-2015-6">made economic inequality a core part of her platform</a> — which Romney said makes her look like a hypocrite.</p>
<p class="p1">"How can she get up there and sell a populist message when she makes in one hour a multiple of what the average American will make in a year?" Romney said. "I understand the challenge that she's going to have. But I think making populism the centerpiece of her campaign makes her particularly vulnerable."</p>
<p class="p1">Romney also suggested Clinton could be attacked on another issue he struggled with in 2012: authenticity. The former Massachusetts governor panned her kickoff rally performance by saying she <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-on-hillary-clinton-she-is-smiling-with-her-mouth-but-her-eyes--2015-6">didn't look like she wanted to even be there</a>.</p>
<p class="p1">"When you see her on the stage, or when she comes into a room full of people, she's smiling with her mouth. But her eyes are saying, 'Where's my latte?'" he said. "It just doesn't suggest she believes everything she's saying."</p>
<p class="p1">Watch his "Morning Joe" interview below:</p>
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Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:04:00 -0400Colin Campbell
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/551ee0136da8119e465968dc-600-/ap612844778710-1.jpg" border="0" alt="AP612844778710" width="600"></p><p>MSNBC Host Joe Scarborough is apparently considering a potential campaign for the US Senate in Florida.</p>
<p>Scarborough, a former GOP congressman from Florida, <a href="http://www.hughhewitt.com/msnbcs-joe-scarborough-on-2016-the-iran-deal-and-hillarys-glass-jaw/">told conservative radio host</a> Hugh Hewitt on Friday that he's always wanted to leave the media industry for some kind of "public service" position.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"I've already said at some point, I want to get back into service, public service, and hopefully I can do it while a Republican’s at the White House," he said.</p>
<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) is widely expected to leave the Senate in 2016 in order to run for president. However, Scarborough said he was more interested in running for the seat held by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida), who is up for reelection in 2018.</p>
<p><span>"I don't think in '16, but who knows?" Scarborough said. "In '18, Bill Nelson's up, and I don't think Bill Nelson will be sticking around, so you know, one of these years, I think, one of these years if I did something, I'd probably look to run in Florida."&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>Scarborough, whose "Morning Joe" show is based in New York City, said he still has a residence in Florida, which he called his "home."&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span><span>"I do have a residence in Florida. And I have a 23 year old son down there, and my mom's still down there, so I still get down to Pensacola an awful lot. It's still home, and it feels a lot more like home [than] being in New York and Connecticut in April where it’s 40 degrees and raining," he said.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span>In 2011, Scarborough, who was in the House of Representative from 1995 until 2001,&nbsp;<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/148993-scarborough-cornyn-asked-me-about-running-against-sen-nelson">claimed</a> Senate Republicans had attempted to recruit him to run against Nelson but he declined.&nbsp;</span></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-flirts-with-us-senate-bid-2015-4#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/secret-grand-central-train-tunnel-presidents-fdr-2015-3">We went inside the top-secret tunnel under Grand Central that only presidents use</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/new-day-mocks-morning-joe-nyt-ad-2015-1CNN’s 'New Day' Taunts MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' In Full-Page New York Times Adhttp://www.businessinsider.com/new-day-mocks-morning-joe-nyt-ad-2015-1
Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:16:00 -0500Jordan Chariton
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54ca55db6da811db6701e84e-1200-924/new-day-cnn-1.jpg" border="0" alt="new day cnn"></p><p>CNN’s “New Day” bragged about its winning streak over MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” in a full-page New York Times advertisement Thursday.</p>
<p>“Sorry Joe, while you were leaning forward, we were moving ahead!” the ad reads.</p>
<p><span>The advertisement goes on to highlight the CNN morning show’s four-month total-viewers winning streak and seven-month winning streak in the advertiser-coveted 25-54-year-old demo over MSNBC’s roundtable chat show.</span></p>
<p><span><span>“Highest ratings ever!” the ad boasts&nbsp;before also highlighting that sister network HLN’s morning show, “Morning Express” with Robin Meade, has also defeated Morning Joe in the demo for nine months in a row.</span></span></p>
<p><span><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/54ca56db6da811346b01e846-669-415/morning-joe-new-day.jpg" border="0" alt="Morning Joe New Day nyt"></span></p>
<p><span>The ad is certainly a confident, aggressive play by CNN to highlight its morning show’s success.</span></p>
<p>As TheWrap&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/cnn-shakeup-alisyn-camerota-replacing-kate-bolduan-as-new-day-co-anchor-exclusive/" target="_blank">reported</a>, even with the recent success, “New Day” shook things up to start&nbsp;2015, replacing co-host Kate Bolduan with Alisyn Camerota while also promoting Michaela Pereira to co-anchor. The show also inserted Javi Morgado as executive producer. Morgado&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/cnn-new-day-executive-producer-matt-frucci-latest-layoff-casualty/" target="_blank">replaced Matt Frucci</a>, who was a casualty of the mass layoffs at CNN in 2014.</p>
<p>In a recent&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/morning-joe-executive-producer-alex-korson-makes-no-apologies-for-shows-chummy-atmosphere/" target="_blank">wide-ranging interview</a>, “Morning Joe” executive producer Alex Korson addressed ratings.</p>
<p>“I think all of cable news is down this year; that’s just the way the media landscape is right now. We’re happy that, for the fifth straight year [2014], more people have watched “Morning Joe” than CNN and HLN, second to Fox News. I love the fact that we’re talked about more online and in the zeitgeist than other shows. I love the fact that our revenue is up. I love the fact that we’ve hired this year and CNN has had a lot of public [layoffs].</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-headline-confuses-osama-and-obama-2014-11" >Unfortunate CNN Headline Confuses 'Osama' And 'Obama'</a></strong></p>
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Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:57:28 -0400Colin Campbell
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53f739caecad04b542db582f-800-/james-foley-parents-morning-joe.jpg" border="0" alt="james foley parents morning joe" width="800"></p><p></p>
<p>The parents of slain American photojournalist James Foley went on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday, where they discussed the life their son lived before his <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-james-foley-ransom-payment-2014-8">brutal beheading</a> earlier this week.</p>
<p>Diane Foley, his mother, recalled when Foley visited them shortly before his kidnapping in Syria. Foley promised them he would be home for Christmas; he was kidnapped on Thanksgiving Day.</p>
<p>"He was home in October of 2012 for his birthday and he just looked so good and I just said, 'Jim, just can't you stay home through Christmas?' He says, 'Oh ma, I have to go back. But I will be home for Christmas,'" she said.</p>
<p>Both parents praised their son as genuinely loving and deeply committed to his work.</p>
<p>"He was just was so committed to the people whose suffering he was trying to humanize. And he wanted the world to know how people were suffering — particularly the children touched him so much," his mother said.</p>
<p>John Foley, the father, echoed that sentiment.</p>
<p>"His soul and heart grew and grew and grew and grew all those people who needed help, needed their stories told," he remembered. "He began to love all and that was his biggest gift to the people he met: his love and his help."</p>
<p>View the segment below.</p>
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:02:00 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53343b26ecad042934b634fa-1200-924/daily-show-morning-joe.png" border="0" alt="Daily Show Morning Joe" /></p><p>In an homage that called to memory January's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/daily-show-the-five-sam-bee-jon-stewart-fox-news-2014-1" target="_blank">dedication to Fox News' "The Five,"</a> "The Daily Show's" Samantha Bee paid tribute to MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Wednesday night, exploring the sometimes-uncomfortable "family" dynamics of the morning show.</p>
<p><span>"If you want the inside scoop on Washington's power players, look no further than MSNBC's 'Morning Joe,'" "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart said, before Bee interrupted him.</span></p>
<p><span>"I'm sorry Jon. Let me stop you right there," Bee said. "'Morning Joe' is not a morning news show. ... 'Morning Joe' is a family. The kind of family you don't see much anymore."</span></p>
<p><span>The resulting performance art examines the sometimes painfully awkward relationship between co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, with Bee playing the role of traumatized daughter. There were numerous clips of the two sniping at each other on set &mdash; including one high-profile incident in which Brzezinski called Scarborough a chauvinist.</span></p>
<p>"Please stop fighting!" she said. "Is it my fault? Please don't ruin Christmas!"</p>
<p>"I'm sorry!" she continued. "You guys are going to get divorced, aren't you? Please don't make me go live with Lawrence O&rsquo;Donnell! He doesn't flush the toilet!"</p>
<p>There's one thing, however, that Bee found seems to keep them together, in what Bee cast as their ability to protect the powerful &mdash; in this case, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span>"My 'Morning Joe' family may fight and bicker and star-f--k like nobody&rsquo;s business," Bee said. "But when the chips are down for one of our powerful friends, we pull together to attack anyone who questions them, because that's what morning news shows do."</span></p>
<p><span>Here's the full clip:</span></p>
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</div><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/daily-show-samantha-bee-morning-joe-tribute-2014-3#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/nicolle-wallace-chuck-todd-christie-morning-joe-2014-2'Morning Joe' Guest Freaks Out At MSNBC's Chuck Todd When He Won't Say Chris Christie Had A 'Good Day'http://www.businessinsider.com/nicolle-wallace-chuck-todd-christie-morning-joe-2014-2
Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:29:00 -0500Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/52fb9fb3eab8ea171d5439f1-1200-924/chuck-todd-nicolle-wallace.png" border="0" alt="Chuck Todd Nicolle Wallace" /></p><p>"Morning Joe" guest and former White House communications director Nicolle Wallace battled back and forth with NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd on Wednesday morning, something that was set off when Todd wouldn't say explicitly that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) had a "good day" on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Christie <a href="http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/chicago_event_evokes_pre-scandal_christie.html" target="_blank">appeared in Chicago on Tuesday</a>, where he spoke before the Economic Club of Chicago. He also raised about $1 million for the Republican Governors Association, a spokesman said.</p>
<p>"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough asked Todd if he thought Christie had a "pretty good day yesterday," a question that seemingly left Todd baffled.</p>
<p>"OK..." he said. "I guess &mdash; how do you define ... what's the definition of a 'good day?'"</p>
<p>Wallace, a GOP strategist and the White House communications director under President George W. Bush, interjected with, "Come on!" and "Oh my God!"</p>
<p>"Stop, stop. Rachel's not on until 9," she quipped, a reference to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/rachel-maddow-theory-christie-bridge-scandal-weinberg-2014-1" target="_blank">and her extensive coverage of the George Washington Bridge scandal under Christie</a>. This comment irked Todd, who said the "Morning Joe" panel was "overdoing it" with praise of Christie.</p>
<p><span>"So much time has been spent in the last four weeks covering every teeny, minuscule, breaking non-news event&mdash;" Wallace said.</span></p>
<p><span>"Not on my show," Todd said, taking a sip from his coffee mug.</span></p>
<p><span>"Well, on the network on which you appear, and I appear," Wallace responded. Wallace lamented that there's been so much coverage on the Christie scandal, but that there wasn't the same type of coverage devoted to Christie's perceived "good day" on Tuesday, calling Todd out for treating it like a "nothing sandwich."</span></p>
<p><span>"As a journalist, you should cover a day like yesterday," she said.</span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Watch the full clip below:</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/morning-joe-chris-christie-nicolle-wallace-chuck-todd" target="_blank"><em>(H/T TPM)</em></a></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nicolle-wallace-chuck-todd-christie-morning-joe-2014-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/morning-joe-host-joe-scarborough-makes-99038-per-week-2013-10'Morning Joe' Host Joe Scarborough Makes A Whopping $99,038 Per Weekhttp://www.businessinsider.com/morning-joe-host-joe-scarborough-makes-99038-per-week-2013-10
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:29:00 -0400Alyson Shontell
<p class="p1"><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5257ee5e69beddec0457f2f1-956-717/joe-scarborough-benghazi-3.png" border="0" alt="Joe Scarborough Benghazi " /></p><p>Joe Scarborough quietly filed for divorce in September. The paperwork, reviewed by TMZ, says <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/10/11/joe-scarborough-divorce-settlement-salary-morning-joe-msnbc/">how much MSNBC's Morning Joe host is paid.</a></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Scarborough makes $99,038 per week&nbsp; &ndash; or more than $5 million per year </span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&ndash; from his TV gig.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Head over to <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/10/11/joe-scarborough-divorce-settlement-salary-morning-joe-msnbc/">TMZ for more details.</a></span></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/morning-joe-host-joe-scarborough-makes-99038-per-week-2013-10#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-jay-carney-irs-scandal-morning-joe-2013-7Joe Scarborough Flips Out On White House Press Secretary Jay Carneyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-jay-carney-irs-scandal-morning-joe-2013-7
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:27:00 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/51efd34f6bb3f78f26000016-480-/jay-carney-joe-scarborough.png" border="0" alt="Jay Carney Joe Scarborough" width="480" /></p><p>MSNBC's Joe Scarborough flipped out at White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on "Morning Joe" Wednesday, amid a discussion about the inappropriate activity of the IRS in targeting some groups for tax-exempt status.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Scarborough didn't appreciate that Carney referred to the IRS affair as a "phony scandal."</p>
<p>Much of what the two discussed were largely repackaged revelations trumpeted by Republicans last week &mdash; that were <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/07/peggy-noonan-wrote-about-irs-bombshell-two-months-168775.html" target="_blank">actually revealed two months ago</a>. Scarborough pressed on, questioning why Carney was smiling and saying it "doesn't sound phony" to him.</p>
<p>"<span>I greatly appreciate that that is the line pushed by Republicans who want Washington to be focused on scandals instead of the economy," Carney began.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span><span>"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Jay! Is that the truth or not, Jay? Is that the truth or not?" Scarborough said. "Don't give me talking points, because that doesn't work on this show! And you've been here long enough to know, that doesn't work on this show!"</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>"When you get to the question, I'll answer it," Carney said.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>"I gave you the question, and you decided to fight me," Scarborough snipped back. "Stop your games with me. We've known each other for too long. I'm not playing your games. I'm not somebody you talk down to from your podium!"</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Watch the clip below, via MSNBC:</span></span></p>
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Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:06:00 -0400Amelia Acosta
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/51ed3fcfecad040d31000004-480-/cohen-3.png" border="0" alt="Cohen" width="480" style="float: right;" /></p><p>Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Monday, in an attempt to clear up misunderstandings over his relationship with 24-year-old aspiring swimsuit model Victoria Brink and a slew of recent controversial comments and tweets.</p>
<p>After Cohen raised eyebrows by <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/02/steve-cohen-deleted-state-of-the-union-tweets.html">tweeting at Brink</a> during the State of the Union address in February, he told reporters that the woman, far from being a romantic interest, was his long-lost illegitimate daughter.</p>
<p>The story held until last week, when a <a href="http://thehill.com/video/house/311917-paternity-test-reveals-rep-cohen-not-the-father-of-woman-believed-to-be-daughter?utm_source=buffer&amp;utm_campaign=Buffer&amp;utm_content=buffer9e7ac&amp;utm_medium=twitter">CNN paternity test</a> revealed that there was absolutely no chance that Cohen and Brink were related.</p>
<p>Cohen reiterated that, despite the lack of biological evidence, he had good reason to believe he was the father of the 24-year-old swimsuit model: He said Brink's mother had told him he was back in 2010.</p>
<p>Cohen appeared on "Morning Joe" partially to refute an earlier interview with Politico's <a href="http://videoshare.politico.com/singletitlevideo_chromeless.php?bcpid=309045726001&amp;bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAETmrZQ~,EVFEM4AKJdT-Wv9cQWadwt8FUbtX2ID_&amp;bctid=2554176984001">Mike Allen</a>, in which he expressed significant skepticism at the legitimacy of Cohen' story.</p>
<p>"He could have said that Eli Manning played for the Charlotte Hornets and he'd have been as correct," Cohen said. "He was just false."</p>
<p>He explained that the intentions behind his February tweets to Brink, which he deleted but which were cataloged by <a href="http://politwoops.sunlightfoundation.com/">Politiwoops</a>, a site that saves politicians' deleted tweets, was entirely innocent and had been twisted by the media.</p>
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51ed388e69bedd5d3f00000f-681-152/screen shot 2013-07-22 at 9.49.20 am.png" border="0" alt="Screen Shot 2013 07 22 at 9.49.20 AM" /></p>
<p>"They got it into an Anthony Weiner thing," Cohen said. "I was thrilled she was watching the State of the Union. She's been raised in Texas and her main issues are Louis Vuitton and expensive, stylish clothes and fun and going to see her boyfriend. I've been trying to teach her about government. My daughter needs to know about politics and government."</p>
<p>Cohen also accused media coverage of the paternity testing of editing his current relationship with Brink.</p>
<p>After finding out the results of the paternity test, <a href="http://thehill.com/video/house/311917-paternity-test-reveals-rep-cohen-not-the-father-of-woman-believed-to-be-daughter?utm_source=buffer&amp;utm_campaign=Buffer&amp;utm_content=buffer9e7ac&amp;utm_medium=twitter">she told CNN</a> that Cohen was "not her father," but he insists that she followed up with "not my biological father," which was cut out.</p>
<p>"She was saying we still had a relationship and she sent me a beautiful Father's Day card. It said 'you will always be my father in many ways,'" he said.</p>
<p>Cohen tried to switch the focus to several race-related bills he's introduced in Congress, but "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski wasn't done with him yet.</p>
<p>Brzezinski wanted an explanation for his latest social media woes, a Sunday tweet about an African-American tow-truck driver who told Cohen he was "black" because of his paternity drama:</p>
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<p>Told African American towdriver my week -father -DNA test not father reporter/ attractive fallout.he(not aware of TN9)says,You're BLack! Yo</p>
&mdash; Steve Cohen (@RepCohen) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepCohen/statuses/358798519412326401">July 21, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p>Cohen said the tweet was meant to be "funny," after his car, an '86 Cadillac, died for the second time in two weeks, something that the tow-truck driver could sympathize with because "a lot of African-Americans drive old cars," he said. Cohen also defended a remark he made to a female reporter last week, when he said she was "<a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/18/rep_steve_cohen_learns_daughter_isnt_his_119281.html#ixzz2ZQcVbdvH" target="_hplink">very attractive</a>" upon her asking about his daughter-related drama.</p>
<p>"I come out and tell him the story," Cohen said. "I said I've had a tough week, let me tell you. Find daughter, great. Find out it's not daughter, blitz. Say something nice to reporter, get attacked. It's just been hell. He goes, 'man, you're black.'"</p>
<p>Cohen said he took it as a compliment, one he hears frequently in the district he represents in Memphis, where his constituents don't look at him as a white person but as "one of us."</p>
<p>Brzezinski suggested that it "might not be worth it" for Cohen to keep up his Twitter given his ability to generate controversy with fewer than 140 characters.</p>
<p>"I would say from your history of deleting tweets and from this misunderstanding, let's keep it to the real conversation and not Twitter," she said.</p>
<p>You can watch the full "Morning Joe" segment below:</p>
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Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:16:04 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/51c450836bb3f7f65800000d-480-/joe-scarborough-4.png" border="0" alt="Joe Scarborough" width="480" /></p><p>MSNBC host Joe Scarborough blasted what he called an "embarrassment" in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/house-farm-bill-vote-down-2013-6" target="_blank">the House's failure to pass a farm bill</a>, blaming a lack of "competence" from Republican leadership.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span>"This isn't Washington being dysfunctional so much as it is that the House GOP leadership just got blindsided in a way you should never be blindsided if you're running the House," Scarborough said of the bill's surprise failure, on which both sides of the aisle blamed the other.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>Scarborough called it a "stinging indictment" for House Speaker John Boehner that he couldn't pass "basic bills" because of a revolt from members of his party.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>Scarborough said that the bill's failure doesn't bode well for upcoming issues like immigration reform. Boehner has said he won't bring a bill to the floor without majority of support from House Republicans.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>"This farm bill was a great example," Scarborough said. "You had overwhelming support of this farm bill over in the Senate, and it didn't pass the House. I think people that think immigration is going to pass [the House] if you get 65-70 votes [in the Senate] are whistling past a graveyard."</span></p>
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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:57:00 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/51bb1243eab8ea9a5500003a-480-/obama-nra-ad.png" border="0" alt="Obama NRA ad" width="480" /></p><p>MSNBC's Joe Scarborough accused the NRA of "pathetic" race-baiting in a new ad targeting President Barack Obama's stance on gun control near the six-month anniversary of the elementary-school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and six others dead.</p>
<p>The NRA's ad blasted Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who has been a lifetime NRA member, for his role in drafting <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/gun-control-background-check-senate-vote-live-2013-4" target="_blank">background-check legislation that failed in the Senate in April</a>. The organization accused Manchin of teaming up with Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, both of whom have pushed for more expansive gun safety measures since the Newtown tragedy.&nbsp;</p>
<p>But Scarborough said there was "obvious shading" of certain parts of Obama in the ad, which he said added to perceived fear-mongering.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"It's so obvious. Look at his hands. It looks like he is a coal miner from West Virginia," Scarborough said on "Morning Joe" Friday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Since the Newtown tragedy, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-nra-gun-control-sandy-hook-newtown-ct-2013-1" target="_blank">Scarborough has made a habit of railing against the NRA</a>. He has warned Republicans about the NRA's "extreme" views, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-nra-gun-control-video-game-2013-1" target="_blank">saying voters will eventually catch on and notice</a>.</p>
<p>"Listen, I have been critical of those on the left when they have used race. And it's happened &mdash; it happens every election, to race bait," Scarborough said Friday. "I'm going to be critical when people on my side do the same thing. This is an example. Look at the hands. Look at the side of the face."</p>
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:40:00 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/51b8681b69beddfa08000048-480-/joe-scarborough-edward-snowden-glenn-greenwald.png" border="0" alt="Joe Scarborough Edward Snowden Glenn Greenwald" width="480" /></p><p>MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski railed on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and journalist Glenn Greenwald on Wednesday, coming down on the side of a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nsa-fight-unites-conservatives-liberals-2013-6" target="_blank">strange combination of people on both the left and right who have denounced the leaks</a>.</p>
<p>Scarborough called Snowden, a 29-year-old former NSA contractor, a "weasel" when he appeared on the screen during Wednesday's "Morning Joe."</p>
<p>"Look at that guy. That guy is a weasel," Scarborough said of Snowden. "Can we not put his face up on the screen? He looks like a weasel."</p>
<p>"Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski blasted Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/glenn-greenwald-mika-brzezinski-video-morning-joe-nsa-scandal-2013-6" target="_blank">who has published multiple stories based on Snowden's leaks</a>. Brzezinski, who clashed with Greenwald on Monday, said his reporting has been "misleading" &mdash; even in referring to Snowden as a "whistleblower."</p>
<p><span>"He's not a whistleblower, OK?" she said. "And it's actually been very misleading the way this story has been covered, even by the reporter himself. He's super, super close to the story."</span></p>
<p><span>It's worth noting that Brzezinski's father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former National Security Adviser under President Jimmy Carter. Her brother, Mark, has been the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden since 2011.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Watch the clip below, via MSNBC:</span><span>Scarborough said, in turn, that all parties involved in the NSA surveillance story have been misleading &mdash; most especially the federal government.</span></p>
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Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:28:00 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/51ac8b08ecad040279000015-400-/joe-scarborough-darrell-issa.png" border="0" alt="Joe Scarborough Darrell Issa" width="400" /></p><p>MSNBC's Joe Scarborough charged&nbsp;House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) with overreach for a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/darrell-issa-irs-scandal-jay-carney-obama-2013-6#ixzz2V9fl0Hoy" target="_blank">seemingly off-the-cuff remark on Sunday in which he accused</a> White House Press Secretary Jay Carney of being a "paid liar."</p>
<p>On CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, Issa read from partial transcripts of interviews with workers in the IRS' Cincinnati office. Issa said the interviews showed that the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny originated in Washington.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span>"The administration is still &mdash; their paid liar, their spokesperson, he&rsquo;s still making up things about what happens and calling this a local rogue," Issa said.</span></p>
<p><span></span><span>With that statement, Scarborough said, Issa gave up much of the leverage he had gained on the issue and announced himself as a partisan stakeholder.</span></p>
<p><span><span>"Darrell Issa hurts himself and his cause more than Jay Carney or the White House when he calls him a 'paid liar,'" Scarborough said.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>"If you're in this position &mdash; as a chairman responsible for these investigations &mdash; that just basically announces to everybody &mdash; I'm not saying he is &mdash; 'I'm a partisan. Anything that I conclude is based on my partisan beliefs,'" Scarborough added. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>"You've got to pull back. You can't say things like this."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Here's the clip, <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/scarborough-goes-after-issa-for-calling-jay-carney-a-paid-liar-you-cant-say-things-like-this/" target="_blank">via Mediaite</a>:</span></span></p>
<p><iframe width="550" height="421" frameborder="0" src="http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/?content=NZG3X50CVH87P4V5&amp;content_type=content_item&amp;layout=&amp;playlist_cid=&amp;widget_type_cid=svp&amp;read_more=1"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/darrell-issa-jay-carney-liar-joe-scarborough-irs-scandal-2013-6#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/robert-gibbs-maureen-dowd-column-eight-years-same-2013-5FORMER OBAMA AIDE: Maureen Dowd Has Written The Exact Same Column For The Past Eight Yearshttp://www.businessinsider.com/robert-gibbs-maureen-dowd-column-eight-years-same-2013-5
Mon, 20 May 2013 09:04:00 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4e0b0c964bd7c8aa18110000-400-300/Screen shot 2011-06-29 at 7.28.27 AM.png" border="0" alt="Maureen Dowd" /></p><p>Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's former press secretary, snarkily pushed back at the latest criticism from one of the administration's most prominent liberal critics &mdash; the <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/new-york-times">New York Times</a>' Maureen Dowd.</p>
<p>On Sunday, Dowd <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/opinion/sunday/dowd-irs-investigation-means-more-taxing-times-for-obama.html?_r=1&amp;" target="_blank">wrote a column</a> that unfavorably cast his last week in the same light as the scandals during the Clinton presidency. She has been a frequent critic of Obama in his second term, and Obama made special mention of her in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-speech-white-house-correspondents-dinner-whcd-fox-news-msnbc-cnn-2013-4" target="_blank">his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech last month</a>.</p>
<p>Gibbs continued to push back on Monday, saying he stopped reading Dowd a long time ago.</p>
<p>"I don't normally read Maureen," Gibbs said on <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/msnbc">MSNBC</a>'s "<a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/morning-joe">Morning Joe</a>" on Monday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"Oh, yes you do," replied host&nbsp;<span><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/mika-brzezinski">Mika Brzezinski</a>.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>"No, I don't," Gibbs said. "Largely because it's sort of largely the same column for the last eight years."</span></p>
<p><span>"Wow," host <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/joe-scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a> said.</span></p>
<p><span>Watch the clip below, via MSNBC:</span></p>
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Fri, 17 May 2013 09:20:00 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/51962b4becad04b738000007-400-/bob-woodward-benghazi-msnbc.png" border="0" alt="Bob Woodward Benghazi MSNBC" width="400" /></p><p>The <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/washington-post">Washington Post</a>'s Bob Woodward cautioned against dismissing the investigation into last September's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, offering vague comparisons to the famed Watergate scandal he was at the center of reporting.</p>
<p>Woodward dismissed the Benghazi issue as one that is just political, saying that the emails <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/benghazi-emails-white-house-cover-up-talking-points-2013-5" target="_blank">released by the White House on Wednesday</a>&nbsp;show that administration officials were trying not to tell the full story.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Woodward held up an edited email from the White House and compared it to Watergate transcripts that were selectively edited by President Richard Nixon.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>"I have to go back 40 years to Watergate when Nixon put out his edited transcripts of the conversations," Woodward said on <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/msnbc">MSNBC</a>'s "<a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/morning-joe">Morning Joe</a>" Friday. "And he personally went through them and said, 'Oh, let's not tell this, let's not show this.' </span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>"I would not dismiss Benghazi. It's a very serious issue. ... You look at the hydraulic pressure that was in the system to not tell the truth."</span>&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Woodward said that all three issues gaining traction in the past week &mdash; Benghazi, the IRS scandal, and the Department of Justice obtaining AP phone records &mdash; showed a lack of leadership.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But when asked if any warranted a straight comparison to Watergate, he said, "not yet."</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Woodward, of course, became the center of controversy in February when he charged that the White House had threatened him over some of his reporting <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-sequester-white-house-reporting-price-politics-2013-2" target="_blank">on the federal budget cuts of the sequester</a>.</span></p>
<p>Watch the clip below, courtesy of MSNBC: <object id="msnbc485f94" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" width="592" height="346"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=51914754^945443^1336203&amp;width=592&amp;height=346" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc485f94" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="592" height="346" flashvars="launch=51914754^945443^1336203&amp;width=592&amp;height=346" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /></object></p>
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Wed, 15 May 2013 10:04:00 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/519395956bb3f7c358000001-400-/joe-scarborough-david-axelrod-irs-doj-ap.png" border="0" alt="Joe Scarborough David Axelrod IRS DOJ AP" width="400" /></p><p><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/msnbc">MSNBC</a>'s <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/joe-scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a> clashed with former Obama adviser David Axelrod over the Justice Department's probe into phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors.</p>
<p>Scarborough <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-phone-scandal-irs-joe-scarborough-obama-2013-5" target="_blank">ripped into President Barack Obama over the revelations on Tuesday</a>, calling the situation "sinister." When Axelrod attempted to provide a defense of the administration, it set off Scarborough.</p>
<p>Axelrod had a point, recalling an <a href="http://prospect.org/video/david-axelrod-spars-joe-scarborough-over-leaks" target="_blank">appearance on "Morning Joe"</a>&nbsp;last summer in which Axelrod defended the White House from charges that it was leaking sensitive national security information in an attempt to make Obama look good in his re-election campaign.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, Axelrod accused Scarborough of being part of the reason the leaks were so thoroughly investigated, along with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and others at the time.</p>
<p><span>"I appeared with you, and you challenged me with the same tone on these leaks and said, 'When is the president going to send a strong signal to people that leaking classified information won&rsquo;t be tolerated?'" Axelrod said to Scarborough. "'When is he going to make people accountable for these leaks?'"</span></p>
<p><span>That was when Scarborough blew up on Axelrod.</span></p>
<p><span><span>"I've heard the president's defenders try to say this," Scarborough said, his voice raising.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>"I congratulate you guys for going off into a room and calling each other and coming up with this bogus argument. But never did I suggest that 100 AP reporters have all of their phone records seized, their private cell phone records seized, their home phone numbers seized! So please save that for somebody else that's going to buy into that. Don't shift this to me!"</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>On the larger point, Axelrod said he sympathized with Scarborough and worried about the "chilling" effect the White House's probe would have on whistleblowers. But he still charged Scarborough with clamoring for an investigation.</span></span></p>
<p><span>Here's a clip, courtesy of MSNBC:</span></p>
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Thu, 09 May 2013 09:19:00 -0400Brett LoGiurato
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/518ba157eab8ea813e000004-400-/tom-coburn-benghazi.png" border="0" alt="Tom Coburn Benghazi" width="400" /></p><p>U.S. Sen. <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/tom-coburn">Tom Coburn</a> (R-Okla.) warned, vaguely, on Thursday that there is a "glaring omission" in information the State Department provided to lawmakers about September's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Coburn said on <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/msnbc">MSNBC</a>'s "<a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/morning-joe">Morning Joe</a>" that when the omission comes to light, it would create "real trouble" for the State Department.</p>
<p><span>"I think the State Department has real trouble," Coburn said. "Having sat on the Intelligence Committee and seen the review of emails that went back and forth as they developed the list, there's a glaring problem there that will eventually come out and I can't talk about now. But there was an omission that was given to the Intelligence Committee."</span></p>
<p><span>"Morning Joe" hosts <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/joe-scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a> and <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/mika-brzezinski">Mika Brzezinski</a> pressed Coburn in a follow-up question, but Coburn said that he couldn't talk about it further.</span></p>
<p>Coburn's vague charge came after a day of hearings <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-republicans-obsessed-with-benghazi-2013-5" target="_blank">created new momentum around the investigation into the attacks</a> on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya last year, which left four Americans dead.</p>
<p><span>The most jarring testimony came from State Department "whistleblower" Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission in Libya during the attacks. Hicks testified that he was frustrated when the U.S. military turned down a request to dispatch four Special Operations troops stationed in Tripoli to evacuate Americans in Benghazi.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span></span><span>Watch the clip of Coburn below, courtesy of MSNBC:</span></p>
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